The Latvian company Origin Robotics and the US company Anduril demonstrated a joint counter-drone system in Latvia at the end of October, in front of senior officers of the Latvian armed forces. The Blaze autonomous interceptor drone from Origin was linked to Anduril's Lattice for Air Defense command software and to a radar already in use in Latvia.
According to Anduril, it took four days to connect Blaze to Lattice, after which a successful interception was shown. The work follows a letter of intent the two companies signed on 25 September to study the link and develop a layered counter-drone system for NATO's eastern flank.
Martins Marenis, commercial director of Origin, said the companies went from the letter of intent to a demonstration for Latvia's military leadership in a few weeks. The two plan more tests on NATO's eastern flank and joint ideas for how to use the system.
Background
Origin Robotics
Defence technology company
A Latvian defence technology company that makes the Blaze interceptor drone.
Anduril
Organization
US military technology company founded in 2017 by Palmer Luckey and others, building autonomous systems for the Department of Defense.
